timebomb

everyone’s a timebomb
   filled with cancer & spite;
   generations of anger;

haunted with ghosts;
   attached to mad parents or
ax-murdering-ex’es.

so much sadness hiding
   in the shadows;
fresh squares on the calendar
   red with pain;

so many accidents waiting to happen;
   & bruises & abrasions & despair

(regardless of the prettiness
   of the packaging).

not knowing the plot
   gives hope to the heart;
& the impossible possibility of a
   happy ending.

it’s all a mystery, a miracle,
   a story––
when the moment
   captures the energy
of the sun.